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The Machines That Built America

But in the late 1880s, he's struggling tobuild a steam tractor with enough power topull a...

But in the late 1880s, he's struggling to
build a steam tractor with enough power to
pull a big combine

Full Transcript

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But in the late 1880s,
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he's struggling to build a steam tractor
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with enough power to pull a big combine.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:40
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Six West Media

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Movie Summary

The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker.
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] He envisions a system - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ [Narrator] He envisions a system
S01 • E04 ‐ Mr. Hendee, were you at the race today? - The Machines That Built America 00:05
‐ Mr. Hendee, were you at the race today?
S01 • E03 ‐ Farnsworth realized that the secret of television - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Farnsworth realized that the secret of television
S01 • E04 ‐ Oscar Hedstrom, he was a Swedish immigrant - The Machines That Built America 00:08
‐ Oscar Hedstrom, he was a Swedish immigrant
S01 • E04 He developed this motorized pacing bicycle - The Machines That Built America 00:06
He developed this motorized pacing bicycle
S01 • E03 And his idea was to organize them in lines - The Machines That Built America 00:08
And his idea was to organize them in lines
S01 • E04 The pacing vehicle leads the bikes around the track - The Machines That Built America 00:14
The pacing vehicle leads the bikes around the track
S01 • E01 Finally in 1890, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
Finally in 1890,
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] It will be the foundation - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] It will be the foundation
S01 • E01 Nicknamed Old Betsy, - The Machines That Built America 00:12
Nicknamed Old Betsy,
S01 • E03 Farnsworth calls his idea electric television, - The Machines That Built America 00:08
Farnsworth calls his idea electric television,
S01 • E04 ‐ I'm sure if we partnered up we could build a motorcycle - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ I'm sure if we partnered up we could build a motorcyc...
S01 • E03 ‐ He first told his father, who said, - The Machines That Built America 00:09
‐ He first told his father, who said,
S01 • E01 And it's the first to feature steering clutches, - The Machines That Built America 00:06
And it's the first to feature steering clutches,
S01 • E04 ‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom knows that partnering - The Machines That Built America 00:07
‐ [Narrator] Hedstrom knows that partnering
S01 • E01 ‐ Holt's steam tractor could do the work - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Holt's steam tractor could do the work
S01 • E03 ‐ [Narrator] After months of silence, - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] After months of silence,
S01 • E01 This is a major cost savings - The Machines That Built America 00:05
This is a major cost savings
S01 • E01 ‐ [Narrator] The Holts quickly sell 130 - The Machines That Built America 00:10
‐ [Narrator] The Holts quickly sell 130
S01 • E04 ‐ Hendee becomes the business side - The Machines That Built America 00:06
‐ Hendee becomes the business side